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Hollywood Beach Hotel

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Description: Exterior of the Hollywood Beach Hotel in Hollywood, Florida with of six men and a woman on the balcony and on the sidewalk. The hotel exterior features orn...
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New Orleans Street Scene

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Description: New Orleans street scene. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks, and a streetcar can be seen in the distance. "Moskau Cabinet Works, door and window scr...
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View of the French Quarter

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Description: Royal Street view toward an intersection of the French Quarter. Store signs displayed read: "The Model Store"; "Hats"; and "Peretti".
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Whiteface Mountain Highway Toll Station

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Description: View of the Whiteface Mountain Highway Toll Station, and three cars parked nearby.
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Covered Bridge

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Description: View over water of a covered bridge with latticework windows.
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Covered Bridge

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Description: A horse and carriage inside a covered bridge with exposed wooden support beams.
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Old Covered Bridge

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Description: View of a two-lane covered bridge from one entrance. Trees cover the steep hillside in the background.
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Seventh Street

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Description: Street-level view of Seventh Street showing tall stone buildings, advertising signs, foot traffic, cars and a trolley.
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Street Scene

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Description: A street scene in an old area of Havana, Cuba showing stone and stucco buildings, a few pedestrians and parked vehicles.
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Statue of Franklin Pierce

Date: 1915
Description: A statue of Franklin Pierce in a park plaza surrounded by trees. The capitol building surmounted by the original war eagle statue fills the background.
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Portner Tower

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Description: Portner Tower, a castle-like stone structure overgrown with ivy and in open country. Caption reads: "Portner Tower, Manassas, Va."
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Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of a Gothic revival style Trinity church Wall Street and adjacent cemetery. Modern skyscrapers are in the background.
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The Capitol Building

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Description: A view of the capitol building from Washington Avenue. Built in the neo-Renaissance style and architecturally modeled on the Hotel de Ville of Paris, Franc...
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Masonic Temple Grand Lodge

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Description: View of the stone Norman style Masonic Temple Grand Lodge and its tower. A statue of General John Fulton Reynolds on horseback is in the square in front o...
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City Hall

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Description: A view of the front entrance of the City Hall. Built in the Second Empire style, the stone building features tiered levels of columns and decorative stone...
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The Capitol Building

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Description: A view of the Capitol Building from the East front showing extended stone stairs, exterior columns, bas-relief, the dome and the stone plaza in front.
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Smithsonian Institute

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Description: A view of the Smithsonian Institute's 'Castle' building from a nearby lawn. The sprawling, crenelated, multi-part stone structure is bordered by some tree...
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The Library of Congress

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Description: Elevated view of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress from a nearby park hill showing the tiered and columned facade as well as the orn...
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Old Louisiana State Capitol

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Description: A view of the Old Louisiana State Capitol building from the front lawn. The castle has crenelated battlements and a decorative stone post on the lawn in t...
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Switzler Bell Tower

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Description: Close-up view of the University of Missouri's bell tower in Switzler Hall. Another large building with a domed tower is in the background.

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